The Worthington advance., 1887-07-21
HUMOROUS LETTER FROM
JOHN JARNAGAN.

HUMOROUS LETTER FROM
JOHN JARNAGAN.
MEDICINE LODGE, D. T.. July, 1887.
EDITOR ADVANCE: Through the
kindness of friend I received q copy
Of the ADVANCE In which I saw it
stated by one Of your correspondents
that had ''passed over to the land of
Alas! for that correspond
ent's peace of mind, it is not 50, for
when I return, which will he at no
very distant day, shall endeavor to
him that am more tangible
and less of shadow than he would
have you suppose, or at least the dark
est shadow that ever crossed his path.
Notwithstanding the fact that I haye
lost considerable in the way Of flesh
since coming here, still possess the
requisite elements of argumentative
force that rarely fails to carry conyic-
tion with it, for the state of society
out here is such that it has q tendency
to develop muscle to degree far be.
yond the most sanguine expectations
of even John L. Sullivan, and having
had the benefit of experience in that
direction myself. am willing to i'm
part to others, especially where l know
it will be beneficial, as in the case of
the above mentioned correspondent,
for is it not so that
Experience, though toughest of schools,
We all have to try 1t, but yet
It's the place where the d-dest of fools
Will learn what they'll never forget"
Shades of Heenan! For one of my
proportions to be put down as shad-
ow! Why, as proof to the contrary,
let me relate the story Of man who
said to me not long ago as he cast his
eyes down at my pedal extremeties,
"What an almighty tall man you
would have been, Jack, if nature hadn It
bent up so much of your legs to make
feet" It. was only yesterday, be-
iieve. that his widow started west in
search Of a man of more experience. l
merely relate this that the event of my
coming may cast its shadow before me
into MOBILES county for the benefit of
that correspondent who had the au-
fled my mortal coil, and thus hurting
my credit with my washerwoman.
II not occupying too much of your
to give you a little of what I have
1inkoA in 4, .p,0 uc an1 x,c
of life in this region. have traversed
it from Devils Lake southwark
through the COteaus and washington
Hills down to Hell's Half Acre, just
below here, but have failed so far to
find the frontier, as l always found
some one there ahead of me who would
tell me that l must 20 still farther
west. 1t is something like the old song
''away down east" After 4 journey
Of weeks his inquiries We're always
met with the answer
''Oh you haven't yet
Begun to get
Away down east
So have given 1t up for the present
and leave it to posterity to find out.
The people in this country have a
more positive way of settling political
and in fact all other disputts than the
people of Mobiles county. Each one
knows he is right and proceeds to prove
it in n manner that often causes his
opponent to carry his eye in sling for
several days.
s. From what gather in the way of
politics, the present administration
will not receive much encouragement
from the people here at the next cam
paign, and Land Commissioner Sparks
would only Ike a pr0vocatiOn if he were
here, as there is not enough of him to
90 round. for each one would want a
piece, whether he be Democrat, Repub-
lican or Mugw,mp.
Another and more prominent feat
ure of this country is the great amount
of entOmOlOgists one meets here; nine
tenths Of the people seem to be follow
ers of Prot Riley. It seems to be +
fav0rite place for such work and they
are continually making new discover
les and finding new specimens. At
least [ take such to be the case, for
whenever am in crowd l so often
hear the expression ''bug-odd' that I
supposed they were discussing some
new specimen of bugology. 1t seems
to he sort of leading expression and
is frequently used FROM force of habit,
suppose. in their political discus
si0ns, and in the matter of statehood,
division, etc.
The season has been very dry here
Grass lives only in the memory of the
oldest imhabitant. Hay is not high
though for there is mono to put a price
on. It rains sometimes and sometimes
the wind blows with such force rs rs tC
call out expressions of more recent in.
vention than Webster's and quite as
fOrcible as the wind itself.
I think of making trip to Califor-
mia before I return and if should
will send you whatever may kick W
in regard to the advantages and disad-
vantages of that country, if it happen'
to have either.
!. A. JARNAGAN.
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